Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education are enabling learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Croatia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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